Toby Alderweireld Quotes

If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

I realised, 'I'm not going to dribble past five payers and score', so for me it was about having something different, and being two-footed was it. I pride myself on that now.

I'm different to someone like Jamie Vardy, who is a lot quicker than me but if he loses a yard he loses a large part of his game - whereas I never had the yard in the first place.

The difference in the Premier League is that it's very competitive physically, so I'll try to improve in that aspect as well and adapt as soon as possible to the style of play.

It strikes me that these days, clubs don't even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick guys who don't have a football brain, can just run and run; some of them, Jesus. I can never imagine acting like that.

It doesn't matter which year a player is born in, whether you are 19 or 20 - you have to be agile. You have to accept your shortcomings.

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.

Rio Ferdinand is the hardest opponent I have faced - strong and quick. He didn't kick you. He was so classy. I could do all my step-overs, but he would watch the ball and tackle so immaculately. He only got the ball.

When I play, I play with my feet and with my head also.

Those years in Denmark changed my game and how I played football.

Everyone knows there's real emphasis on technique in La Liga, and I'm a technical player; in that sense, it's a good fit. But all leagues are a good fit for me - I can play anywhere.

Ronaldo certainly scores goals, but I do too. He certainly scores more than I do, but we don't have the same style.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

Dybala's game is easier on the eye, but Pogba is extraordinary because he has physicality and technique.

I think Griezmann has all the quality to overcome Thierry Henry, as Mbappe has too.

Sometimes I look at myself and ask, 'What is my best position?' But I think it's a defensive midfielder; that's the best one.

I'm not Giovinco. I don't get the ball and dribble past three players.

I know people say you have to be big and strong to play in the Premier League, but you cannot just judge a player by their size. You have to look at their other qualities, too.

I am not a magician of football.

I think I can play both deep field and inside the box.

In England, everyone is really physically strong. They can play three games, and then they are ready to play the fourth. If you are a Spanish team, and you give away a corner against an English team, then you have to be ready.

Normal athletes couldn't do what Premier League football players can do.

Ronaldinho and Robinho are two totally different players.

I like to play against strikers and think that, from my size alone, I'm more of a central defender.

I have to accept that my role is to gather the runs slowly. Kevin Pietersen is flamboyant, but that style doesn't work for me.